Walks from Ulverston

Circular of minor roads, woodland and the Morecambe Bay shore, past the Gothic-revival Conishead Priory and the Ulverston Canal towpath.

Conishead Priory: A Gothic-revival mansion in woodland on the Morecambe Bay shore, with a terrace cafe.

Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).

Fields and lanes, the two Urswick villages, Urswick Tarn and Elizabethan Swarthmoor Hall with its early Quaker links, between Dalton and Ulverston.

Swarthmoor Hall: An Elizabethan manor near Ulverston with strong early Quaker associations.

Time: 3h–5h30

Walk details: Community Rail Cumbria (PDF).

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Recommended: A mixed route, much of it hard-surfaced, along lanes, the coastal A road and a concrete promenade; last part industrial.

Coastal: three quarters along the coast.

Time: 7h–13h30

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk. Stretches alongside the coastal A road.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Recommended: A hilly walk, nearly all inland with some stretches on quiet lanes.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Views were remarkably extensive, taking in half of the Lake District and large areas of the Yorkshire Dales and Lancashire. A long walk on field and woodland paths, farm tracks and a few quiet roads and with one big climb onto the shoulder of Hampsfell giving remarkably extensive views. Some ladder stiles are in poor condition and a large bog must be circumvented; careful navigation needed in places. Follows the Cumbria Way out of Ulverston and the Cistercian Way out of Cartmel; trains run frequently from Grange back to Ulverston (about 15 minutes). Cartmel is worth exploring.

Time: 7h30–15h

Warnings: Several ladder stiles are in poor state, some close to collapse, and there is a large bog to circumvent. The public footpath at Cartmel Racecourse crosses the racecourse and a football pitch. Careful navigation is needed where waymarking is patchy. Can be muddy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.